The EU wishes to liberalize visa policy with the participants of the summit in Riga
Alexander Kuranov. EU countries plan to liberalize visa policy regarding the post-Soviet countries which are members of the " Eastern partnership ", said on the last working day of the week correspondents in Bratislava, Minister for foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav laj??k.

Alexander Kuranov. EU countries plan to liberalize visa policy regarding the post-Soviet countries which are members of the " Eastern partnership ", said on the last working day of the week correspondents in Bratislava, Minister for foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav laj??k.
"at the upcoming week's summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga we will focus on the expansion of comprehensive cooperation of the EU with six post-Soviet States involved in the programme, for example, liberalization of the visa policy, " said laj??k.
He took part in the meeting of foreign Ministers of the Visegrad countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) with colleagues from the former Soviet countries participating in the programme " Eastern partnership - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
According to laj??k, the meeting agreed to increase mutual understanding between the countries-participants of the program. The head of the foreign Ministry in Bratislava also stressed its support for the principles of territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine.
in Bratislava the meeting was attended by the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini, European Commissioner for the problems of the neighbourhood policy and enlargement Johannes Hahn and the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Latvia, Sweden and Romania.
The program "Eastern partnership" includes political Association and economic integration of the EU with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The last 3 Countries last year signed the Association agreement with the EU partnership, which has already ratified the overwhelming number of member States of the European Union.
The summit of "Eastern partnership" will be held may 21-22 in Riga. Previous summits were held in Prague (2009), Warsaw (2011) and Vilnius (2013).